loutishness

loutishness

English

Etymology

loutish +‎ -ness

Noun

loutishness (countable and uncountable, plural loutishnesses)

1. The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
   • 1932-34, Samuel Beckett, "Gnome", Dublin Magazine

     Spend the years of learning squandering / Courage for the years of wandering / Through a world politely turning / From the loutishness of learning.

   • 2007 February 11, Jonathan Miles, “Saints and Sinners Unite”, in New York Times‎:

     True, this is hardly the drink to inspire “Girls Gone Wild” loutishness.

Translations

being loutish

Scottish Gaelic: gràisgealachd f Serbo-Croatian: mangupstvo n, huliganstvo (sh) n